"This is life Song Na, if you only have one minute to live, what will you do?" "Seize every second." "I want to kiss you again?" "One more timewell" On the big screen of the Santa Monica Cinema, the hero and heroine kissed each other. The picture was stilled, time was frozen, and then slowly slid across the entire train car in stillness. This is not a new lens. It has been used in "The Matrix" for a long time. Dozens of cameras were set up to take photos of the same moment from different angles, and then the photos were connected through editing, thus achieving a "bullet time" comparable to Time Freeze" effect. Of course, the time freezing in "The Matrix" is an old method, which is to shoot with many cameras at the same time, because no matter how large the exposure is, it still cannot meet the frame rate of the movie projection, and it will look a bit unsmooth. By the time of "The Matrix Reloaded", with the development of computer CGI technology, it was possible to abandon this old-fashioned and clumsy way and use high-speed photography, posing and post-production synthesis. In "Source Code", Wan Xiaohu used the synthesis method. First, he used high-speed photography to shoot the actors' poses, and then added various small objects through CG special effects to achieve the effect of freezing time, making it look more perfect and flawless. So, although this lens is not new, it is still amazing. ¡°In addition, the plot has reached the climax stage, and the protagonist¡¯s fate of life or death is determined after this time is frozen, which immediately captured the hearts of the entire cinema audience. Everyone gave up their breath and stared at the big screen. "Don't let it end like this, wake up!" "Although the shot is beautiful, I want them to survive!" "Wake up!" Subconscious whispers echoed in the cinema. We did not disappoint the audience, but also to save money. After all, time freeze lenses are expensive. A few seconds later, the characters in the picture moved again, and the hero found that the eight minutes had expired, but everything continued, and the Source Code Project created a new world. "Great!" "Great!" "Love can change everything!" "The most exciting scene I have ever seen!" "Thank you to the director for hearing my voice." "I love the Chinese so much. Song Na is so beautiful. !¡± Cheers mixed with applause resounded throughout the auditorium, and then instantly broke through the walls of the old cinema and reached the auditorium next door. Many viewers who were casually watching "Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" subconsciously followed the direction of the sound. Only one wall can be seen. "What's going on? What are you watching next door? It's so noisy?" "I don't know what to watch, but I think it's very enjoyable." "I know, it's "Source Code". I want to buy a ticket, but it's sold out. , I can only watch it here." The conversation between several young people was transmitted word by word to the ears of a young man and woman sitting in the back row. The blond beauty hugged the young Asian man and whispered in his ear: "Tiger, they are cheering for your "Source Code". You are great." The young man is Wan Xiaohu, the director of "Source Code". The blonde beauty is naturally Jessica Alba. In a dark cinema. Wan Xiaohu's hands were dishonest and his words were frivolous: "Isn't it normal for me to have a dick? It's not like you don't know the merits of me, your man." "Giggle, giggle, you are the worst Chinese I have ever seen." " Men are not bad, but women are not in love, haha. "There is beauty as a companion. The movie received praise, Wan Xiaohu was in a good mood, and better days were ahead. Starting from October 7, "Source Code" has opened in 3,124 theaters in North America, second only to "Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" in 3,645 theaters. and "Up in the Air", which was released in its second week, had 3,323 theaters, ranking third. In this off-season for movies, all newly released films, except for Lord Dog, do not have high expectations. If it can exceed the box office of tens of millions of dollars, it can almost be said to be a victory. "Source Code" is close to achieving this goal based on its pre-sale box office. After the three-day weekend, the box office will be announced. "A History of Violence" produced by New Line Cinema and directed by the famous Canadian director David Cronenberg ranked tenth on the box office list with US$5 million in its third week of release. In its second week of release, "Serenity" only received a miserable $5.35 million, ranking ninth. For it, the box office is just a luxury. As a number??The movie version of America's best science fiction TV series, Firefly, Serenity is a mid-level production from Universal Pictures. But unfortunately, except for fans of "Firefly", the movie does not excite the audience at all in terms of plot. For fans of "Firefly", "Serenity" is a good movie with a TV series background, and its imdb score is also good, with a score of 8.0. But for ordinary viewers, it is not attractive. After all, "Firefly" was canceled after only one season because of low ratings. Universal created "Firefly", a niche TV series classic, but it failed commercially. Of course, it was the crazy shouts of movie fans that prompted Universal to start shooting this movie version. Compared with gaining a group of die-hard fans, a short-term commercial loss is not necessarily a loss for Universal. Ranked eighth at the weekend box office was "Waiter" with US$6 million, and seventh was "Corpse Bride" shot by geek director and father of dark superheroes Tim Burton. It was in its fourth week of release. $6.5 million. The sixth place is "Gospel" with US$7.5 million, the fifth place is "Two Hearts" with US$8.7 million, and the fourth place is "Stealing in High Heels" with US$10 million. The third place went to "Up in the Air" in its second week of release, taking in $10.7 million. The second place is "Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit", which has the largest release. As a clay animation produced by the famous British animation company Armand, the expectations are not low. However, it was strongly blocked this week and only received At $12.6 million, it ranked second. And block it. The top one on the box office list is "Source Code", a low-budget science fiction film directed by Wan Xiaohu, which grossed US$17.4 million in a single week. "Science fiction films lead the October movie market. "Source Code" directed by Wan Xiaohu unexpectedly defeated "Walkers and Gromit: The Curse of the Rabbit" and topped the box office. This is Wan Xiaohu's second weekend in North America. Championship title! ""Wanted" took the world by storm, but it was a pity. In the second week in North America, he was counterattacked by "Meet the Father-in-law 2", and Wan Xiaohu was kicked out before he could get enough of the championship. Now with "Source Code", I am pleasantly surprised to taste another championship. "With rave reviews, another victory for Chinese-language films, Wan Xiaohu proved that he is China's best commercial director and another master of science fiction!" "This thriller with a science fiction film as the background was not particularly attractive at first. Pay attention. But the film is really excellent, it is simply amazing. " ""Source Code" will be a classic cult movie. Like "The Butterfly Effect", it may not be too outstanding at the box office, but it will be famous in film history. "A cult movie is a cult movie, which refers to a certain kind of movie that is loved and respected by supporters in a small circle. Generally speaking, it is difficult for such movies to achieve large-scale box office success. On Rotten Tomatoes. "Source Code" received 90% freshness and 177 votes in support. There were only 20 votes against it, which can be said to have conquered most of the film critics. Cinemascore, a market research company based in Las Vegas, mainly investigates audience ratings after watching movies, and its report results are used as a basis for predicting box office revenue. The highest rating scale is a+ and the lowest is f. "Source Code" received a very good A-level rating. The user rating on imdb is 8.4 points, the rating of a classic science fiction film. It obviously also conquered the audience who watched the movie in the first week. "I came here because of Wan Xiaohu's name. I really like "The Butterfly Effect". I heard that he has made another science fiction film, so I naturally came. After watching the movie, I just want to say. This ticket It's worth buying, "Source Code" did not disappoint me, it's very cool and great!" After watching the movie, an audience member was pulled by the reporter for an interview and praised loudly. On Metactic, a comprehensive media review website, "Source Code" received positive support from 34 mainstream media, 7 media chose to be neutral, and no media gave a negative evaluation. The San Francisco Chronicle gave the highest score of 100 points: "Director Wan Xiaohu has made a strange but memorable film that is gripping and exciting." The Independent gave the second highest score of 91 points: "Wan Xiaohu showed himself in "Source Code" and has the ability to tell the best story at the minimum cost. He should challenge a larger space." The lowest score of 40 points was given by "Movies Online": "This should be regarded as A classic short film rather than a movie, the ninety-minute movie seems too lengthy. "Everything shows that Wan Xiaohu has made another classic movie this time. Across the world, "Source Code" has achieved impressive box office results, with an opening of US$1.72 million in Australia, US$2.14 million in France, US$1.25 million in Italy, 140 million yen in Japan, and 2.7 million in Russia. USD, 450,000 moviegoers in South Korea, HKD 3.54 million in Hong Kong, 23 in the UK00,000 US dollars Some regions reached the top spot, while others ranked second or third. In any case, it was a perfect result for a small-budget film. In the Mainland, in the three days of July, August and September, it did not exceed expectations and took in 26 million yuan. It was much worse than the opening results of "Wanted" and "The Wind", but it was still a record in the history of mainland films. It's an outstanding achievement. With the release of "Source Code", mtime time online has launched the long-prepared old time rating and star user rating system for the first time. There are 8574 ratings from ordinary users, totaling 8.5 points; 25 ratings from celebrity users, totaling 8.6 points; the old time rating has a brightness of 94%, a bright movie poster. A total of 127 media representatives, filmmaker representatives and film critic representatives scored, 119 representatives gave passing scores, and 8 representatives gave unqualified scores. ""Source Code" gives us hope. There is still hope for Chinese science fiction movies!" (To be continued.)